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online.wsj.com - 3/18/2009
In Defense of Tax Havens
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RICHARD W. RAHN If the government suddenly said you would incur more onerous and expensive tax regulations and reporting requirements if you moved your business to a low-tax state such as Texas or Florida from a high-tax state such as New York or California, you would be justifiably outraged. ...
reuters.com - 3/12/2009
RPT-FEATURE-Corporate oil booms in low-tax Switzerland | Industries | Energy
— reuters.com — * Companies seek Swiss domiciles despite tax row * U.S. political climate may be helping * Appeal... as corporate location may outlast offshore dispute By Sam Cage ZUG, Switzerland, March 12 (Reuters) - The tidy towns and mountain vistas of Switzerland ... (more) RPT-FEATURE-Corporate oil booms in low-tax Switzerland | ...

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bloomberg.com - 3/13/2009
Switzerland, Luxembourg, Austria Loosen Secrecy Rules (Update1)
— bloomberg.com — March 13 (Bloomberg) -- Switzerland, Luxembourg and Austria said they will soften rules on banking secrecy, responding... to growing international pressure to root out tax dodgers. Switzerland, where banking secrecy has been enshrined in law for 75 ... (more) Switzerland, Luxembourg, Austria Loosen Secrecy Rules ...

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meganmcardle.theatlantic.com - 3/13/2009
The US is not France
— meganmcardle.theatlantic.com — Henry Farrell argues that the worries that national healthcare will turn the United States into France are... overblown: . . . the claim that America is going to become 'France' 2 if we're not very careful doesn't really hold up. If this kind of ... (more) The US is not France

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Our Non “Business Friendly” Government Chasing Companies To Overseas Tax Havens
Pat Dollard | Young Americans — WSJ: In Defense of Tax Havens By RICHARD W. RAHN If the government suddenly said you would incur more onerous and expensive tax regulations and reporting requirements if you moved your business to a low-tax state such as Texas or Florida from a high-tax state such as New York or California, you would be justifiably outraged. Now substitute Switzerland and Bermuda for Texas and Florida, and France and Germany for New York and California, and you’ll understand a new form of “tax protectionism” that is ...

Your Abbreviated Pundit Round-up
Daily Kos — ... to withhold AIG bonuses? Thomas Frank: The applause Mr. Stewart has received for his j'accuse is the sound of the old order cracking. We have turned on the financial CEOs, inducting them one by one into the Predator Hall of Fame. We have gone deaf to the seductive rhythms of the culture wars. We have tossed out the politicians whose antigovernment rhetoric seemed invincible for so long. Can we have an amen, brother? Richard Rahn: This is nonsense. The so-called tax havens are for the most ...

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